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J. Michael Luttig

Bylines

The Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Again

The only question is whether American citizens today can uphold that commitment.

by Laurence H. Tribe, J. Michael Luttig via The Atlantic on August 19, 2023
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There Is Absolutely Nothing to Support the ‘Independent State Legislature’ Theory

Such a doctrine would be antithetical to the Framers’ intent, and to the text, fundamental design, and architecture of the Constitution.

by J. Michael Luttig via The Atlantic on October 3, 2022

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Trump wearing a crown, superimposed on a lithograph of the Boston Massacre.

Trump Is the Enemy of the American Revolution

He has produced a crisis much like the one the colonists faced two and a half centuries ago. Now it’s our responsibility to uphold the Founders’ legacy.

by Johann N. Neem via The New Republic on August 11, 2025

Lincoln being sworn in by Chief Justice Taney.

We Are Already Defying the Supreme Court

The risks of calling on politicians to push back against the court must be weighed against the present reality of a malign judicial dictatorship.

by Samuel Moyn, Ryan D. Doerfler via Dissent on January 22, 2024

Scale, with pile of U.S. states weighing down one end, and the U.S. on the other.

How a Fringe Legal Theory Became a Threat to Democracy

Lawyers tried to use the independent-state-legislature theory to sway the outcomes of the 2000 and 2020 elections. What if it were to become the law of the land?

by Andrew Marantz via The New Yorker on June 5, 2023

Rep. Bennie Thompson speaking at the Jan. 6 committee hearings.

January 6 Committee Final Public Meeting

Video testimony and evidence presented by the House Select Committee to recommend criminal prosecution of Donald Trump.

by U.S. House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Attack via PBS NewsHour on December 19, 2022

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